A Creative Way to Utilize Social Media to Enhance Fitness and Health Knowledge

Strategies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 3-7

  Polsgrove, Myles Jay ^a   Frimming, Renee Elizabeth ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

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EID: 84899971570     PISSN: 08924562     EISSN: 21683778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08924562.2013.764794     Document Type: Article

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